Mini-stories from my trip

On our layover in Tokyo, I decided to pass the time by buying a Japanese Elle and flipping through the pictures. Actually, that's a lie. I bought the Japanese Elle to cover the fact that Nick was purchasing porn. He didn't want to appear like a complete pervert/weirdo, taking me into the store JUST to get Japanese Schoolgirls Gone Wild. A spread-eagle Madonna was obviously a much more appropriate cover.

Anyway.

While flipping through the pages, my mom decided that moment was great for quality bonding time and started peering over my shoulders, all inquisitive like. When I came across a spread depicting red carpet pictures of Victoria Beckham, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie, etc., I received her patented, "Ewww...yucky!" Here's how the conversation (generally went):

Me: "Oh, you don't find them attractive?"
Mom: "Not at all!"
Me: "Too skinny?"
Mom: "TOO FAT!!!"
Me: "Uh...you do realize this woman [point to Posh] is known for being so skinny people think she has an eating disorder?"
Mom: "Fat."
Me: "Do you SEE her arms?" [now Angelina]
Mom: "Still fat. Look at her gigantic boobs."
Me: "You do realize if you were to stand next to any of these women, you'd be very short and very huge?"
Mom: "Well, I'm fat too."
Me: "That you are." [jiggles her belly]

Yeah, Nick says I'm an ass.


And just for more complete documentation, photos of my dad's reflexology session.

I <3 alittlef

Stolen from someone else's blog:
"We’re talking about the bar we’re going to and this girl sitting next to us, says “Are you with the ND group! I’m Ashley and I’m going, too!” She then turns back to the book she’s reading and doesn’t say a word for the rest of the trip, putting her earphones back on. Andrew and I were a bit lost and followed her out of the BART terminal, but she was waiting for somebody and we didn’t want to be creepers and decided to try to find our own way, to much success........

......I was in a really goofy mood and was humming “See you again.” Ashley pulled it up on her iPhone and I think we were freaking out everybody in the car with the sing along. It’s funny how things come full circle. We found out that she just puts on her earphones so nobody will try to talk to her on the train. What a fraud! If I had an iPhone, I’d listen to awesome music on the train all the time! She didn’t talk to Andrew and I after the introduction, in her words,”the real reason I didn’t talk to you was because you were the guys on the train that everybody was trying to figure out if you were gay or not.” For the final twist, she said she was sad that we went to the bar ahead of her since she didn’t know where it was! Sort of the blind leading the blind, I guess. Anyway, it was a pretty fun night. Good times… which happens to be the name of the next tavern we’re heading to!"